Hair follicular units on the human scalp consist of two or four terminal follicles and one or two vellus follicles. Generally, human hairs emerge singly from their follicles. However, in chronic pyogenic conditions such as folliculitis decavans or folliculitis keloidalis, multiple hairs can be noted and termed as THF. These lesions may result in permanent [...]
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A 36-year old woman presented with an inflammatory swollen patch of the scalp of 8 months duration (Fig. 1). The patient was said to have been treated with topical and systemic antibiotics at local clinics, but the condition worsened with peripheral extension of inflammation.
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INTRODUCTION Tufted hair folliculitis (THF) was first noted in 1970, by Tagami et al. as numerous multiple hairs, and later in 1978 by Smith et al., termed as a tufted hair folliculitis (THF). Characterized by multiple hair tufts scattered within the patch, each tuft consist of 5 to 20 normal-appearing hairs arising from a single [...]
Lichen striatus (LS) occurs at any age, and presents most often (above 50% of cases) in children aged between 5 and 15 years. At first, small, pink, lichenoid, and discrete papules appear and coalesce rapidly, and then extend to form a dull red, slightly-scaly, linear band between 2 mm to 2 cm in width. The [...]
A 15-year-old girl presented with a 2-month history of an itchy eruption with a linear arrangement from the dorsolateral side of the left foot to the posterior aspect of the left thigh. She had no relevant medical history or laboratory tests. The lesion was a band-like, interrupted, slightly-erythe- matous plaque, which extended the entire length [...]
INTRODUCTION Lichen striatus (LS) is an uncommon disorder that manifests as continuous or interrupted erythematous papules showing a unilateral pattern and linearity corresponding to Blaschko lines. LS mainly occur in children from 5 to 15 years of age. The eruption is usually asymptomatic and spontaneously recovers within 3-6 months in most cases, but often leaves [...]
Generalized granuloma annulare (GGA) is an uncommon variant of granuloma annulare (GA), representing 8% to 15% of all cases of GA. It is defined as affecting at least the trunk and either the upper, lower, or both, extremities . GGA most frequently occurs in middle-aged to elderly adults, between 30 and 60 years old. However, [...]
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